Poly vi sol?

Hi all! I’m new to this group. My daughter was born at 35 weeks at 4 pounds 4 oz. She spent 8 days in the NICU then came home. She was only there due to low birth weight but has gained weight everyday since. At her two week checkup her pedi recommended she take poly vi sol for additional iron. She is formula fed so I was a little concerned with giving her additional iron since she is in formula. Anyone else have any experience with this? Thoughts and advice are appreciated!

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My DD (dear daughter) was born at 30 weeks weighing 3 lbs 0.5 oz. She was on formula (over-mixed for extra calories) and took poly vi sol for a long time - I think until she was 1 (she’s 3 and a half now so it’s been awhile!).

My son was born at 25 weeks in February 2019, he is taking Neosure 22 call with poly-vi-sol because of his anemia. It is very common especially when anemia is present, it just helps give them a little extra boost to keep producing enough red blood cells to keep from getting too low to need a transfusion. Hope this was helpful!

My 32wker was on formula since 3 days old and was put on this. We gave it to him for a few months until he refused to drink anything with it in it and it was causing his normal constipation to be worse. It was also in part aggravating his reflux. We have had no issues since he has been off it. However our pediatrician was ok with him coming off them due to the issues we had occuring so definitely further discuss it with ur pedi.

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